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Just found this, could be setup for just about any situation! http://www.mossberg.com/produc...=31§ion=products What in the HE!! were they thinking! "The difference between adventure and disaster is preparation." "The problem with quoting info from the internet is that you can never be sure it is accurate" Abraham Lincoln | ||
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.30-30 is considered a medium bore here. I will move this to 'African Hunting' for you. George  | |||
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I don't see the point of that gun.. | |||
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Swamp pigs?????? | |||
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When keeping it real goes wrong... | |||
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Way, way wrong.... 30+ years experience tells me that perfection hit at .264. Others are adequate but anything before or after is wishful thinking. | |||
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It's even uglier than this:  which is really saying something. George | |||
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That just ain't right...and I completely agree with George on the Ruger as well...tales all kinds I guess Let us speak courteously, deal fairly, and keep ourselves armed and ready Theodore Roosevelt | |||
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That ruger scout rifle is a beauty compared to that Mossberg Lever Action. It looks like an AR and a lever action had an abortion. A lot of times I will just say to each his own, but in this case the R&D department and their Engineers must have passed the Peace Pipe around one too many times when they come up with this idea. "Science only goes so far then God takes over." | |||
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Thanks, but........ | |||
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That Mossberg is without a doubt the ugliest rifle I have ever seen, and given the competition that is saying something. Paul Smith SCI Life Member NRA Life Member DSC Member Life Member of the "I Can't Wait to Get Back to Africa" Club DRSS I had the privilege to fire E. Hemingway's WR .577NE, E. Keith's WR .470NE, & F. Jamieson's WJJ .500 Jeffery I strongly recommend avoidance of "The Zambezi Safari & Travel Co., Ltd." and "Pisces Sportfishing-Cabo San Lucas" "A failed policy of national defense is its own punishment" Otto von Bismarck | |||
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I think a side mounted magazine would pull it all together.  Never follow a bad move with a stupid move. | |||
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I bet it's a POS too. You can borrow money, but you can't borrow time. Don't wait, go now. Savannah Safaris Namibia Otjitambi Trails & Safaris DRSS NRA SCI DSC TSRA TMPA | |||
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I actually like the ruger. As a truck/ranch gun it would be pretty hard to beat! When it comes out in stainless I'm getting one. "The difference between adventure and disaster is preparation." "The problem with quoting info from the internet is that you can never be sure it is accurate" Abraham Lincoln | |||
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In general I like american guns..but that one is TOO american....  DRSS: HQ Scandinavia. Chapters in Sweden & Norway | |||
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I gotta agree... | |||
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Didn't someone once say that life is too short to hunt with an ugly gun???  Mike ______________ DSC DRSS (again) SCI Life NRA Life Sables Life Mzuri IPHA "To be a Marine is enough." | |||
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I read the posts before I looked at the rifle thinking how bad could it be......it's really bad. | |||
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I stayed home today because I wasn't feeling well. I just got worse.  .395 Family Member DRSS, po' boy member Political correctness is nothing but liberal enforced censorship | |||
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I was talking to a friend in NM yesterday and he told me that all the young gun fanciers are interested in the "black guns," not the ones that he and I consider desirable -- and so sales of the former are making a big impression on the makers. No doubt Mossberg is responding accordingly. Personally, I like the Ruger Scout too, but I see limited value in a tricked-up 30-30 Mossberg, other than for police use. I wrote recently about meeting Jeff Cooper years ago when he came to Winnetke, Il to testify regarding the police chief's request for Uzis for his squad cars, following the Laurie Dann tragedy. the Colonel (and all the rest of us) thought that was a stupid idea. He argued that the best choice for police in a suburban environment was a simple Model 94 lever action in 30-30, nimble, easily controlled and a moderate rifle cartridge. Norman Solberg International lawyer back in the US after 25 years and, having met a few of the bad guys and governments here and around the world, now focusing on private trusts that protect wealth from them. NRA Life Member for 50 years, NRA Endowment Member from 2014, NRA Patron from 2016. | |||
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JCS271 You will not be disappointed with the RGR Scout. We have on on the ranch with literally thousands of rounds thru it. Clients that take it for a spin are never disapointed. It is less than a MOA gun and good to 500 yds and beyond. One suggestion is to get a 5 rnd mag. Another is to remove the cage and attach a can. Again you will be more than pleased with the handy OAL and consistant accuracy with quality ammunition. Elton Rambin Mail/Ship: 1802 Horse Hollow Rd. Barksdale, Texas 78828 Phone: Ranch: 830-234-4366 Check our Hunt & Class Schedule at www.ftwoutfitters.com Elton Rambin Mail/Ship: 1802 Horse Hollow Rd. Barksdale, Texas 78828 Phone: 479 461 3656 Ranch: 830-234-4366 Check our Hunt & Class Schedule at www.ftwoutfitters.com 4 Rules of Gun Safety 1/ Treat all guns as though they are loaded. 2/ Never point the muzzle at anything you do not want to shoot. 3/ Do not put your finger on trigger until your sights are on target and you are ready to shoot. 4/ Be sure of your target and safe background. | |||
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FUGLY is to kind a word for that Mossberg rifle. Tom Z NRA Life Member | |||
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Holy mother of all things John Wayne!!!  On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch... Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! - Rudyard Kipling Life grows grim without senseless indulgence. | |||
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The result of mixing beer, drugs and medicines under the sun in summer... L | |||
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Amish assault rifle. Better range than a nail gun on full auto, and a lot more portable. | |||
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Does it come in orange camo? | |||
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I like the idea of a flash hider and being able to mount a light on it. I would perfer a standard style stock in composite. Again if you don't like it don't buy it. Would be a better fighting gun then some worse then others. But sure beats nothing at all. | |||
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Having carried a patrol rifle since 1978. When I worked as a deputy I could carry any rifle I wanted I used a Mini 14, a SP1 colt, a marlin 357 carbine and a 03 in 30-06 scout rifle. With the state patrol I carried a AR carbine. If I would have had to use any of them they would have worked A rifle that works and perfered with good optics But any good fighting rifle is better then no rifle. That all said I perfer a simi auto with a good scope of 1.5 to 5 x duplexs cross hair | |||
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I had to look at this again to make sure I saw it right. Still not sure I beleive it. I can only surmise this is what would happen if I took Grandaddy's 94 Winchester to Sons of Guns for a make over... 30+ years experience tells me that perfection hit at .264. Others are adequate but anything before or after is wishful thinking. | |||
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I would rather have a choice between two FUGLY rifles than no rifles at all...and beauty is in the eye of the beholder...lots of cross-eyed beholders out there. Just like ALL the previous offerings from the gun makers, the public will vote with their pocketbools. Seeing that stock and the other "garbage" on a lever gun jars the he** out of MY esthetic values, but not more so than a tricked out AR that many people get woodies over...and I have NO problems with the Ruger...looks kinda like a MIA or a Ruger Ranch Rifle that's been fiddled by its owner and ended up a bolt gun instead of a semi. Yeah...and lifes too short to hunt with an ugly GUY...but we do it ALL the time. Luck | |||
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The best big bore lever guns going today IMO are the Win. mod. 95 Conversions..I have seen a couple in 9.3x62, 9.3x62/375 and the best yet is Judge Gs 405 with a long throat and it gets right there with a 450-400-3" with a 400 gr. bullet at 2000 FPS plus I am told. Now thats a big bore lever gun. Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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The Ruger Scout rifle would look good with one of their 5 shot magazines and a suppressor instead of the flash hider | |||
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Never thought I would live long enough to see a tactical lever gun. **************************The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first. | |||
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Of course all of you realise that Mossberg is going to sell a ton of these... . | |||
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There are several leverguns that can be converted to several cartridges that will produce very high ballistics while keeping within safe pressure limits. My switch barrel Marlin 336 will handle .473 and belted mag cases...AND larger cases/calibers and up into the 50 cal bore range using the RCM and WSM case...the Win 71 and 1886 are even better as they can handle the longer lengths of the 45-90 and 50-90 cases. Everyone knows about the 50 Alaskan conversion in the Marlin 1895. But a 30-30 "BIG BORE"....that"s an oxymoron if I ever heard one...and a "leveraction DGR" is another one, not to get a hoohaw going...that dog has been put to sleep already.   Luck | |||
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 we need a barfin smiley ... wow, this is ugly opinions vary band of bubbas and STC hunting Club Information on Ammoguide about the416AR, 458AR, 470AR, 500AR What is an AR round? Case Drawings 416-458-470AR and 500AR. 476AR, http://www.weaponsmith.com | |||
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 Oh, I think I laughed so hard I peed... | |||
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Obviously a bad photoshop job of a lever gun. ----------------------------------------------------- Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be just like him. Proverbs 26-4 National Rifle Association Life Member | |||
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 Makin a place for it. . . . . | |||
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